Grumbling below: 
I think I'm cursed. I just got over pneumonia not 2 weeks ago, when I went to Glasgow for 2 days to decide what museums to look at for my dissertation. Turns out, what I needed to be in the exhibits wasn't there. Almost at all. I'm basically back to square one with my dissertation. And I spent 2 days on my feet all day, carrying my backpack, winter coat and jacket, through museums, while taking notes. So, by the time I got home my back was really messed up. Then yesterday, I slipped and twisted my back wrong and hurt my back. It was so bad by this morning that I went to the hospital, hoping they could help with the muscle spasms. It really hurt, and all the waiting, and procedures in the hospital made it worse. But, by the time I'd been examined, x-rayed, and forgotten on a gurney in a hallway for about 45 minutes (I called to the nurse after I heard her shout across the hall asking if the Glasgow girl had left), they had given me some tramadol, and told me that I had a severe muscle spasm, but that since this was the emergency services, they didn't like to prescribe muscle relaxants because they don't know me, but my gp might be willing to if I go see him (of course, they don't open til Mon). So, they gave me tramadol, which I'm pretty sure is also addictive, so I don't get that logic. I don't need pain relief if the problem is gone, so wouldn't a muscle relaxant be a more effective treatment? I don't know. Anyway, *grumble grumble grumble*. 
However, I totally maintain my love of the NHS because I think it's a great program.

This is an old post that has apparently been sitting as a draft... I'm a failure at technology, I'm sorry! But, I finally fixed up my room here and I took pictures to prove that once, indeed, it was totally organized and clean. :P Not for long.

I've definitely got my own little area with lots of photos and cards and mementos and my little bunting decoration. It's nice, because I have all my papers in labelled files in cloth boxes, so I can just sit under the covers and stay warm while I work. It's so cold in the bedroom that's pretty much a necessity. I can't wait til it warms up!

Just thought I'd share my triumph of organization. It was terrible before. It still gets bad now, but we at least have organizational systems now. Mostly colored cloth boxes. They are a lifesaver.

It hasn't looked like this basically since the day I took the photos, but yay! Organization! :)

These are super late, but now that I'm actually recovering from being so sick, I'm functional again, so I wanted to post pictures from the ball early in February.

It was a fantastic night! Everyone really went all out with their outfits and masks, and it was good fun. :)

Back to catching up on all the work I missed in the last few weeks. <3 Update soon!